Desert - Help

To work the key, look first at the choices with the margin the farthest to the left. There may be two or three possible choices. After selecting a choice, look at the descriptions that are indented below the one you selected. Continue in the same manner.

For example, in the key below for trees:

You have three choices for the leaves. Suppose you have a tree with leaves that are less than 8 inches long. Then, you will skip the first choices and go to the one that says: "Leaves present, but less than 8 inches long." Next you will choose whether the stem has spines or not. Suppose the plant you are looking at does have spines on the stem. Then, you need to decide if it is a tall tree with dark brown bark, or whether the bark is green. You may or may not have flowers present. If you cannot decide, or are not sure of the characteristics, merely click on the plant name, and it will draw up the photo. If that is not your plant, click on the other plant names to see if they match your plant.

If you want to know the name of a shrub with pink flowers, click on Shrubs which will bring you to some selections for shrubs. Next click on the appropriate color: Pink to red . This will bring you to some selections for shrubs with pink or red flowers. If your flower has pink flowers, you then have two choices based on the height of your plant.

When you learn the name of the plant, you can go into the main website and see other photos of that same plant. The easiest way is to use the search engine and put in the common name of the plant you desire to see. Otherwise, you can use the alphabetical index to common names.

Note: Sometimes there will be no flowers or obvious fruits on the plant you wish to identify. In this case, I have tried to include some of the more common shrubs that you might come across and wonder what their names are. In that case, go to the section indicating flowers and fruits are not present.

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